Filipe's Life Calculator
I'm Filipe Macedo. I build things, write a bit, and split my time between Lisbon and NYC.
I'm turning 40 this year, and a question kept nagging at me: am I past the halfway point of my life? I couldn't shake it, so I built this calculator to answer it.
The essay that started it: Forty? Still Early.
April 2026 · Age 39
89
years expected
44%
life completed
2,577
weekends left
198
books left to read
54,268
meals left
What's adding years
Close relationships (+3.0y)
I have the deep social infrastructure most 40-year-old men don't. This is the single largest contribution to my expected lifespan.
Optimism (+3.0y)
Expecting good things is, according to the research, not just nicer to live with but measurably life-extending.
Whoop Age (+2.6y)
My body is doing the hard work of being 4.4 years younger than my birthday.
Monday mornings (+2.5y)
Having work that genuinely energizes me at 40 is rarer than it sounds.
What's costing years
Work stress (−1.0y)
Middle-of-the-road "normal ups and downs" is fine, but this is where I have genuine room to improve without changing what I do.
Work movement (−0.8y)
I sit all day. Early-stage founder life guarantees this.
The math, broken down
Baseline: 78 years (Portugal, male)
Expected: 88.6 years